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Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards

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Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Performer/Choreographer/Instructor) has been tap dancing since the age of three. She started under the instruction of Paul and Arlene Kennedy in California, and went on to perform in Rome, Italy at the Tip Tap Festival by the age of eight. From there she made her debut on Broadway at age twelve, in the musical revue Black and Blue with legends Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, and read more

Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards (Performer/Choreographer/Instructor) has been tap dancing since the age of three. She started under the instruction of Paul and Arlene Kennedy in California, and went on to perform in Rome, Italy at the Tip Tap Festival by the age of eight. From there she made her debut on Broadway at age twelve, in the musical revue Black and Blue with legends Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, and Savion Glover.

She was also featured in the Tony Award-winning Bring In Da'Noise, Bring In Da'Funk on Broadway as well as the international tour. Other performances include the national tour of Wild Woman Blues and Debbie Allen's SAMMY, on the life and times of Sammy Davis Jr.

Dormeshia was Tap coach to the king of pop Michael Jackson over the course of eleven years. She is currently on the board as the Tap Advisor for Dance Magazine, and was the official Tap Spokesperson for Capezio being featured in their international advertising campaign. She can also be seen on the cover of May 2011’s Dance Magazine.

Film credits include The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang, TAP with Gregory Hines, Spike Lee's Bamboozled, and The Rodgers and Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty.

Mrs. Sumbry-Edwards' choreography has been featured in TAAP: The Art & Appreciation of Percussion and was utilized in Michael Jackson's music video for Rock Your World.